Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Malay and Javanese Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2754
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
618
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2136
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
matur nuwun
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
tolong
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Pamit
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Kangean
Vedda
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
110,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bawean
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Indonesia
-
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.25 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million16.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Madurese
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
madourais
singhalais
German Name
Maduresisch
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[madura]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Sinhalese people
Origin
8th Century AD
3
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Madurese
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
6970
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
sin
ISO 639 2/B
mad
sin
ISO 639 3
mad
sin
ISO 639 6
-
sin
Glottocode
madu1247
sinh1246
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional